Urgent action needed to protect Black communities from second wave

October is black history month, it’s a month where we come together to celebrate the contribution that black people have made to society and continue to do so

The stakes are too high for employers to get this wrong, says UNISON

October is Black History Month, and we hear from Rosita Ellis, chair of the Regional Black Members Committee

The stakes are too high for employers to get this wrong

UNISON has called on the leader of Wokingham Borough Council to clarify whether the authority will continue to support the Black Lives Matter campaign, as a matter of urgency. The call comes after Cllr John Halsall  announced to a council meeting on 16 June that the campaign group had “become a political organisation” and Wokingham Borough Council could […]

‘People voiced exactly how they felt. They pulled no punches’

Rosita Ellis, Chair of the regional Black members group, on why racism, discrimination and the marginalisation of minority groups will always be a trade union issue

Show Racism the Red Card has launched a new video which follows the stories of frontline NHS staff as they recount their experience of racial discrimination at work. The film has contributions from UNISON members and Roger McKenzie, Assistant General Secretary of UNISON, along with a number of high profile footballers from Show Racism the […]

Gloria Mills, UNISON equalities national secretary, on why the report into the impact of COVID-19 on Black people is a “major disappointment” We must recommit to fight racism in all its forms – that was the very clear message from UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis last week after the murder of George Floyd and the […]

Anyone can be infected by COVID-19. But it’s increasingly clear that that’s where the equality ends UNISON believes that the effect of the coronavirus pandemic on different groups is devastatingly different and is becoming increasingly clear. In evidence to parliament this week, the union asserted that COVID-19 is tracking and deepening long-term inequalities in our […]

Date

4 November 2017 10:00am–3:30pm

Location

UNISON Regional Office - Birmingham

For UNISON Black Members

Date

21 March 2020 12:00pm–4:00pm

Location

London and Glasgow

With Trump in the White House, Johnson in Downing Street and the racist and fascist right winning mass support internationally we need to build the resistance

Date

13 September 2019 10:00am–3:00pm

Location

UNISON Centre, Euston Road, London, NW1 2AY

Outcome

We have today joined all those condemning the murder by police of innocent George Floyd in Minnesota.